L - Nice, deep burgundy with a thick, long-lasting head that leaves a nice spider-web like lace as it goes down

S - Smelled fantastic. A perfect blend of malts and rich hops with a bit of an alcoholic sting

T - Follows the nose to an absolute tee. Usually I go into a fair amount of detail on what I'm drinking but this one leaves me perplexed. A perfect roasty-ness in unison with a heavy, but not too heavy hop explosion. this is delicious.

F - Sits well with light carbonation, leaves a warming feeling as swallowed.

O - I looked over this one for year every time I used to go to my local craft beer shop. Glad I got this on tap. It is a definite favorite, and even non-craft drinking friends enjoyed it. (711 characters)

I was very impressed with this red. I thought this was an imperial red. It sure tasted like one and is a wonderful beer. The color is a beautiful red, and the aroma in the glass matches the season of fall. The taste is crisp and smooth with hardly an aftertaste. Great smooth beer for the fall months. (306 characters)

Beautiful beer...probably what you expect from the name. Ruby pour with plent of sticky lace. Nose and flavor was subdued for me compared to what others describe. Malty, sure, but no big flavors hit me like the ABV would suggest. Mild sweetness and alcohol warmth. Overall good, but not special IMHO. (302 characters)

Bottle pour. Interesting clear orange/brown color with a head that leaves nice lacing. Aroma has strong caramel and biscuit notes with citrus hop as well. Sweet nutty flavors up front with earthy, resinous, and caramel elements. Palate includes creamy textures, with a little fizz and a medium body. (299 characters)

This Nosferatu doesn't hide from the light - it embraces it. Glowing ruby - or are they blood red? - highlights abound from this clear but very deep coloured Amber Ale. Its head is no bigger than the foam you'd skim off a simmering bone broth but impressively manages to cling to the glass.

This bouquet is downright dazzling. It magnificently manages to cram herbal, piny, and citrus hop elements into a tall order of malt that smacks of caramelly confections. It is a sizable and rich aroma with enough depth and dimension to leave you smelling it for hours.

Vampires are often portrayed as possessing some kind of seductive allure - this beer definitely has it. This 4-pack left me wanting to drive the 5 hours it takes back to the brewery and buy as much as my credit card will allow. Toothsome flavours of toffee brittle and apple butter are contrasted against tastes of roasted peaches, grapefruit zest, and pine resin. Delicious.

Nosferatu definitely has some bite - and that's not just a bad pun on my part. All this hoppiness provides an especially spicy and herbal brand of bitterness that brings that most abused of beer terms - "crisp" - to new levels. It has a clipping, dry finish which is a welcomed balance to the initial waves of toffee-ish sweetness brought on by such an ample malt bill.

Nosferatu has long been one of my favourite seasonals. Many a Halloween it has sucked my wallet dry. But so far as I'm concerned this hearty combination of sweet malt and multifaceted hops is a gustatory masterpiece. The fact that it's so irresistibly drinkable even at 8% alcohol tells you something about just how much flavour it offers. Here's hoping this fall release is eternal. (1,702 characters)

Pours a rich copper color with a thin head that trails the glass. The smell was a little boozy but had great smells of malt and a little bit of pine from the hops. The taste was a bit more mellow than I thought it would be considering the smell but still very nice. The taste had toasted malts with some hops, and then a bit of burn on the end. I liked it quite a lot. (368 characters)

Appearance: Deep amber, with nice thick and tan colored head. The head lasted a very long time, and left a nice coating on the inside of the glass.

Smell: Pleasant, with a strong aroma of hops bitterness. There is some citrus and herb aromas as well that make for an interesting aroma.

Taste: A nice mix of citrus, hops, and herbs in the flavor, that make for an interesting and complex ale, but it is dominate with the hops. There is a nice after-taste, that lasts for a while but not too long.

Mouthfeel: Smooth and crisp, with a medium body.

Overall: This is an interesting and complex ale. I prefer the brewery's Eliot Ness over this ale though. (692 characters)

A little fruit cake on the nose joined by minty hops, spicy malt, fresh grain. Pours brilliant garnet tinted amber under a 2” very light tan tinted finely bubbled off-white persistent foam cap that marks each drink with a fine line. Provides a rich spicy malt palate with a hint of anise, a does of bread crust and a well rounded, drying bitter finish. Creamy with a medium body and medium carbonation. (405 characters)

S: flowery Cascade, a bit of spice in the back, fighting hard with the almost Oktoberfest-like toasty, semi-candy sweet malts... I can detect a bit of fade on the brightness of the hops, which seems to allow more of the slightly citrusy alcohol to poke through the middle

T: oooh... if I was afraid of this tasting dead - not so! - maybe half-zombie... it's almost like one of those jell-o red Belgian Noel beers, with a sort of Scottish ale woody-toasty edge, with a weeping-willow hang of hops swaying to-and-fro through the malts... those hops have a flower stem and dried orange peel like quality... not all that bad... get the feeling some spice may have existed...

F: polished smoothness in its medium, malty body... fine balance from the static tannins, dries it out a touch, though one could tell the malt bill and brewing process expertly crafted a fine, clean malty ale even without the hops

O: a nice, bold, hoppy red ale... i would love to see them ditch the Cascade in favor of a British hop, give it some character... I'll have to jump on a bottle as soon as it's released next time (1,270 characters)

Pours a very deep amber with a small light brown head, dissipates quickly. A little bit of light lacing around the edges. A little bit murky. Aroma is citrusy with sweet caramel malts, and a tiny bit of pine. Reminds me of a very subtle barleywine, minus the booziness. Not quite what you'd expect from a Red. Taste is a little subdued....very lightly toasted malts, with some sweet caramel. A bit of pine. As it warms, the sweet caramel comes through a bit more, and bitterness starts to linger on the tongue. This one is thin, but starts to get a sticky resinous as it warms. Pretty easy to put down for a 8%er. Overall one of the more tasty red ales you'll find. (665 characters)

Pours a hazy amber with a medium beige head with light lacing. Aroma of caramel malt, yeast and fruity notes. Taste is a strong caramel malt and toffee flavor, yeast with a good dose of earthy hops for balance on the end. A medium body, smooth mouth feel with good carbonation. The finish is sweet caramel malt, yeast and fruity, some toffee notes and earthy hops bitterness. This brew goes down smooth considering the bitterness and alcohol. Overall a very good tasty brew. (474 characters)

I really like the malt in Red IPAs. It's like a tart caramel, almost cherryish. Then toss in the West Coastcitrus hops up front, and you have a winner. This style needs its own category, and Nosferatuis a leader in it's class... (233 characters)

Mouthfeel (4): Medium body and a bit lighter than the abv suggests; Bitterness is spot on.

Overall (4): Although good, nothing extraordinary about this one. I do feel GL produce some of the better American interpretations of German beers however. I enjoy just about every beer put out by these guys, but this is far from my favorites from them. (613 characters)

Poured from 12 oz bottle into my tulip. Wicked, deep red hue... very little head, small bubbles around glass... tempting, very tempting. Upfront bitterness on the nose, some crisp, malty notes, but rather light aroma overall. This might be the weakest area of this excellent brew. The flavor made up for the weak nose... delicious malt presence with a bit of a bite (I would swear there was bit of rye in this), and a nice, balanced bitterness. Medium mouthfeel, with a nice, clean finish. Crisp and refreshing overall. My new favorite fall beer, different. Get some, get some now, and get some fresh. (601 characters)

This is an excellent brew. Initial toast and strong caramel malt balanced beautifully with a nice floral hop character. Begins to open up upon warming and takes on increased roastiness, almost nutty. Fall in a glass to me. (223 characters)

Pours a dark reddish amber with a slight khaki head. Aroma is a thick caramel and toast with some earthiness and orange zest mixed in. Flavor follows suit with the flavor but hits heavier in both the malts and hops. Moderate bitterness to this thing but the sweetness from the malts keep the hops in check. A fuller mouthfeel. Overall, a very solid beer from GL here. Glad I went with the 4 pack over just a single, though not sure I can drink more than one of these in a night. (479 characters)

Tastes great in the mouth. Caramel malt, a little roastiness, and citrus and floral hops. Has a lingering pithy bitterness that isn't pleasing to my palate. Definitely better as it warms. Overall an outstanding beer. (217 characters)

A: Pours a crystal clear very dark reddish amber in color with light amounts of active visible carbonation rising slowly from the bottom of the glass and some heavy crimson highlights. The beer has a half finger tall sudsy foamy dark beige head that reduces to a few small to medium sized patches of thick film surrounded by a thin film covering the remainder of the surface of the beer and a thick ring at the edges of the glass.

S: Moderate aromas of sweet caramel malts with a moderate to strong aroma of citrus/orange zest and pine hops.

T: Upfront there is a moderate flavor of sweet caramel malts with just a hint of toasted malts. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of citrus/orange zest, citrus/orange, and pine hops. There is a slightly stronger than moderate amount of bitterness which lingers for a short while.

M: Slightly heavier than medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Slightly slick/oily in the finish.

O: I found this one to be really enjoyable - a very nice hoppy red/amber. Alcohol is relatively well hidden and it drinks much easier than the 8% ABV that it is. (1,112 characters)

Grabbed a bottle at the brewery while I was visiting my parents- pours a dark amber color with about a finger of light beige head, decent retention and good lacing.

Smells of malted barley and caramel with some light floral notes from the hops.

Tastes very good- rich but crisp. Definitely a good amount of hop flavor and bitterness: definitely floral and kinda earthy. Pronounced caramel at the end and a nice malt flavor to round the whole thing out.

Mouthfeel is nice- medium full bodied, well carbonated. I like this beer but like many from Great Lakes it's not a knockout. Worth getting for sure though. (611 characters)

Big fan of Great Lakes and they have produced another good one here. Red Ale that pours and settles well.Head is foamy and about 1/2 inch. Red Ales can go light on flavor but this one does not. Feel is hoppy and tasty.Cooler summer day in the Mid-Atlantic and this is a good beer to enjoy today. (298 characters)